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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2007-09-13 09:32 am
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Calling Windows Experts

My machine is being _really_ slow for the past week. Checking the task manager tends to show that the actual processes are taking a percentage or two - but that the kernel times are at at least 25%. Is there any way of telling what's sucking up all of the kernel time?
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[identity profile] poisonduk.livejournal.com 2007-09-13 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
This is spooky, my laptop has been struggling for the past week too - especially noticable when I'm streaming stuff across my network - Everything has a little hangtime and goes into buffering mode - It's a pain when watching avi's as it's stop start etc. I've closed down processes on the laptop and been blaming my router but I'm wondering if the Microsoft folk have issued an update which is causing slowdown - Do you have automatic Windows Updates enabled?
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2007-09-13 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
I do. That could be a possibility, I suppose.

[identity profile] poisonduk.livejournal.com 2007-09-13 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It's suspicious that both of us are talkign the same timeframe. And it's not going to be a virus as my laptop never gets used for email and about the only websites it accesses are LJ & Facebook. I'm running Norton on it which has it tied up pretty tightly, but I've even totally disbled that this week as I know that NIS can cause resourcing problems.
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2007-09-13 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
It is odd.

Just before leaving this morning I unplugged my USB card reader, and that seemed to make a difference - but more playing is definitely in order tonight!

[identity profile] poisonduk.livejournal.com 2007-09-13 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm, I don't have a card reader attached to my Laptop although I do have an external HDD which I use via USB. I did end up copying the program I was tryig to stream across to the laptop HDD instead of using the external HDD in case the slow down was there bu I was still having problems - I don't know if I specifically pulled out the USB connection though - I may well try that tonight.

[identity profile] johnbobshaun.livejournal.com 2007-09-13 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Funnily enough that was similar to what I was going to suggest: my old MP3 player used to cause similar problems when it was plugged in. I updated the drivers and firmwave and it went away.

However, that was definitely spikes of slowness when the computer was polling the device.
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